Improved compliance with quality measures at hospital discharge with a computerized physician order entry system

Butler, Javed; Speroff, Theodore; Arbogast, Patrick G.; Newton, Martha; Waitman, Lemuel R.; Stiles, Renee; Miller, Randolph A.; Ray, Wayne; Griffin, Marie R.

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.007

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Volume 151, Issue 3 , Pages 643-653, March 2006

Improved compliance with quality measures at hospital discharge with a computerized physician order entry system

Javed Butler, MD, MPH
- Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, Tenn
- Reprint requests: Javed Butler, MD, Cardiology Division, 383-PRB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300.
Theodore Speroff, PhD
- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Valley Health Services Research Center, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Patrick G. Arbogast, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Department of Preventive Medicine, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, Tenn
Martha Newton, MS
- Center for Clinical Improvement, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Lemuel R. Waitman, PhD
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Renee Stiles, PhD
- Center for Clinical Improvement, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Valley Health Services Research Center, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Randolph A. Miller, MD
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Wayne Ray, PhD
- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Department of Preventive Medicine, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, Tenn
- Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Valley Health Services Research Center, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
Marie R. Griffin, MD, MPH
- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Department of Preventive Medicine, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, Tenn
- Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Valley Health Services Research Center, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville VAMC, Nashville, TN

Received 13 November 2004; accepted 9 May 2005.

This study was supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Education and Research in Therapeutics cooperative agreement (grant HS 1-0384), and a cooperative agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FD-U-001641).